Obama calls on Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine’s border

President Obama called on Russia on Friday to pull back tens of thousands of troops amassed along its border with Ukraine, as U.S. officials said they have grown increasingly concerned that the size and makeup of the forces could portend a new Russian attempt to annex swaths of its…
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Lawmaker asks SXSW to withdraw Snowden invite

THE HILL – A member of the House Intelligence Committee is asking the festival South By Southwest to withdraw its invitation to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), who has denounced Snowden’s leak of hundreds of thousands of NSA documents, said …
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Saudis, UAE, Bahrain withdraw envoys from Qatar in security dispute

RIYADH/DOHA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar on Wednesday in an unprecedented split between the Gulf Arab allies who have fallen out over political turmoil shaking the Middle East.

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Saudis, UAE, Bahrain withdraw envoys from Qatar in security dispute

US calls on Russia to withdraw forces from Ukraine

President Barack Obama arrives to speak about Ukraine in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Obama’s statement comes as his administration is expressing growing concern over Russian intentions in Ukraine. Secretary of State…
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Rassoul: US-Afghan strains to ebb as foreign forces withdraw

KABUL (Reuters) – Severe strains in Afghan ties with the United States, the chief backer of the international military mission in Afghanistan, are likely to subside as U.S. and NATO forces depart, a contender in a presidential election in April said.

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Medicaid’s ability to take away people’s assets makes people to withdraw their coverage

The matter was raised from a little-known but long-existed point of Medicaid that states that though the system provides medical coverage for a lot of low-income Americans, it can in certain conditions take away assets from a deceased person.
This fear makes some people defer from signing…
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Medicaid’s ability to take away people’s assets makes people to withdraw their coverage

Online petition asks Jay Z to withdraw support from Barneys amid allegations of racism

An online petition is asking rapper Jay Z to pull his fashion line from luxury department store Barneys New York following two reported incidents of alleged racial discrimination this week.
On Tuesday, 19-year-old Trayon Christian, an African American man, purchased a $ 349 Ferragamo belt from…
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Online petition asks Jay Z to withdraw support from Barneys amid allegations of racism